Not only is the left up in arms after an illegal alien from Mexico was shot and killed by an ICE agent, but now Mexico is seeking legal recourse for the “mistreatment” of its citizens.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced she would be pursuing “legal measures” against the Trump administration, joining in her nation’s outrage over the shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston, Texas, by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during a traffic stop.
BREAKING: Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announces she’s pursuing legal action against the Trump admin after an ICE agent shot a Mexican national illegal alien who tried to run over agents with his car pic.twitter.com/p1nVcO2RDF
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 9, 2026
“Our objective is to go beyond diplomatic notes and the measures we have already raised before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, because we cannot allow the mistreatment of our fellow Mexicans in the United States,” Sheinbaum told reporters. “Unfortunately, there has been another death of a Mexican national in the United States for being detained, when that person’s only offense was lacking immigration documents, even though they had been hired by an American company.”
Araujo reportedly “rammed an ICE law enforcement vehicle, refused to follow multiple verbal commands and weaponized his vehicle in an attempt to run over an ICE law enforcement officer, resulting in our officer firing his weapon in self-defense,” according to DHS.
On July 7, 2026, at approximately 6:50 AM CT, ICE law enforcement attempted to conduct a vehicle stop as part of a targeted enforcement operation to arrest an illegal alien. The driver of the vehicle, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo—an illegal alien from Mexico—attempted to evade arrest.… https://t.co/2TWG3GuOr9
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 7, 2026
Sheinbaum, like America’s left. did not include the inconvenient details in her comments, choosing to claim the Mexican national was only “lacking immigration documents.”
He tried to kill a cop. Good luck.
— EducatëdHillbilly
(@RobProvince) July 9, 2026
Social media users delivered the Mexican president a scathing reality check.
Good luck with that!
— Carlos America (@CarlosBtnoCigar) July 9, 2026
So, can Americans who have lost loved ones as a result of illegal Mexicans sue Mexico’s Sheinbaum?
— @SouthernLadyDr (@southern_dr) July 9, 2026
He tried to kill a cop. Good luck.
— EducatëdHillbilly
Perhaps he shouldn’t have tried to run the agents over? If she pulls this than let’s sue them for all the rapes and murder their citizens commit over here.
And then tax the hell out of remittances.
— Bleu Cheque (@VERBAL_CHANCLA) July 9, 2026
The Supreme Court ruled that those illegally present are no longer subject to the jurisdiction of their home countries. Beat it.
— Monica Showalter (@mmshowalter1) July 9, 2026
